Hello!
I am currently in year 12 and am going to start applying at universities to do medicine.
Reading a lot of online forums and blogs, BMP and CSP are very common words, which I don't understand at all.

My understanding is that BMP is when you have to work in a rural place for three years after finishing studying. The online forums and discussion mention putting it as some preference on something. But what are they referring to? Like is there a separate application form, or are there separate courses that specify bonded places when I apply?
I have applied at TISC for MBBS at curtin, and I haven't seen any options regarding BMP, soooo am I missing something?
OR is it like if you get into med at some university they ask you if you want to do BMP? I also read that it is a bit easier to get into bonded medical places than the normal pathway, so given my dire UCAT results and since I am a rural student (lived in rural place for 5 consecutive years), I wouldn't mind a BMP, but I have no clue where to apply or if I even need to apply!

I am so sorry for the rambling and the bunch of questions, but it would be great if you could please help me 😭
Thank you 🙂

I’m not sure if the system in WA is the same as VIC, but in VIC, VTAC (equivalent of TISC) gives you a list of preferences and you fill them out, so that Preference #1 is your most wanted course, Preference #2 is your next most wanted and so forth (last I remember there are 8 preferences). Each institute/uni will then say yes/no to accepting you and then you’ll only find out the highest preference that accepted you each course offer round (there’s about 5 but majority of offers are given in the first).

In VIC, you can pick several versions of medicine at Monash (only uni that does undergrad med): bonded (BMP, which lets you study med in exchange for some time working in rural areas), Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP, the classic one that allows you to get a HECS loan to cover it and pay back later, no rural work involved), and I can’t remember if FFP is a thing for med (Full Fee Paying, basically meaning you pay for all the course fees upfront, but likely not; this is an option for other types of non-med courses though, particularly if you don’t qualify for CSP). Each is an option for a preference e.g. you could easily fill out Preferences #1 and #2 with Monash Med (CSP) and Monash med (BMP) respectively. (I also usually recommend leaving an option that’s not medicine in your preferences, just in case.)

Note: I’m not super familiar with med stuff, but I know my VTAC stuff, so take with grain of salt but hope that helps!
Note 2: I’m from vic. Not sure if same goes in WA.

    AngelWings
    Thank you so much for information about VTAC, I am looking to apply interstate as well so that's really helpful, thank you so so much, it makes much more sense now!

    In TISC we have six preferences, but I am not able to find different versions of the same course, I could only find one medicine course for curtin and UWA, I am just worried that I am not looking properly or am doing something wrong with the application 😖

    If anyone also knows about the TISC or even other states (as I am gonna apply interstate as well) it would be amazing if you could please let me know, thank you! 😊

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